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Dietary macronutrients, genetic variation, and progression of coronary atherosclerosis among women.
American heart journal - 1 Apr 2014
Kalantarian Shadi, Rimm Eric B, Herrington David M, Mozaffarian Dariush
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous studies observed the surprising finding that saturated fat was inversely associated with atherosclerosis progression in postmenopausal women, whereas polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) and carbohydrates were positively associated. Whether certain genes modify the association of diet with atherosclerotic progression is unknown. METHODS: Using Haplotype-tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms, we...
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